Page 25 of Love In Hiding

“That might be the one time I lost it. When I found out they were dating, it was the same time they said she was pregnant.”

“Ouch.”

“You’re telling me. She’s a dentist on Amore Island.”

“Hey,” she said. “Small world. Charlotte’s sister lives on Amore Island. She’s married to Drew Bond. I met him at Foster’s wedding.”

He cleared his throat. “Since I know your secret you can know mine. Angel, my sister, is Angel Bond now. She’s married to Coy. Drew’s younger brother.”

“No shit,” she said.

He laughed. She had no filter.

“I can’t make that up.”

“Ohhhhh,” she said, drawing it out. “And someone put a good word in for you to get this job?”

“I knew that it made it to Foster that I was looking to leave my last place. I had already applied but didn’t expect to get a call. I’m positive that’s how my resume got put to the front.”

“Braylon and West don’t hire anyone without doing a thorough background on them. Even if they do great work, personalities play a part.”

“And here I thought you didn’t believe I have one.”

“Not one that appeals to me,” she said. “But I’m sure it would with West. Probably Braylon too. I heard you like to follow the rules.”

He was trying to pick his ego up off the floor of the SUV before it seeped through the metal to the concrete and got run over some more.

“So noted,” he said. “And yes, I follow the rules and I already can tell you don’t.”

“It’s not that I purposely break them. I’ve never been in trouble with the law.”

“I wouldn’t think so. My point is, we are like night and day. But I understand some of what you’re saying. Do I think Coy being my best friend and now brother-in-law influenced me in getting hired? No. West has never met Coy. I know Braylon did a thorough background on me before I even stepped foot in the door for the interview.”

“He would have,” she said. “Just like I know he talked to every client of mine and Paris’s before we went much further. I’m sure you know West invested in my brother’s business. Phoenix didn’t want to ask. He hated that he needed the help, but he’s thriving right now. More than he ever would have without West’s help.”

“I know those things. Or I’m catching up with as much as I can.”

“So you get hired and you’re out to prove that you’re worthy,” she said.

“Just like you, only slightly different.”

“I won’t tell on you if you don’t tell on me.”

He turned when she said that. “Meaning what?”

“Meaning that I won’t complain when you get on my nerves for shoving rules down my throat if you don’t tell Braylon I’m stepping out of line.”

“Sorry. I don’t answer to you. If you step out of line I’ll be there to advise you to get your butt back in it.”

She growled. Actually growled at him. He didn’t know why that sound turned him on.

He had to get his mind out of the gutter and on his damn job.

“Now you’re sounding like my father.”

Not much better than the shot about her not liking his personality.

“Do you listen to your father?”